Difficult for a son-in-law

Huaide Hall.

Although it was the day of Xiumu, but the matter was special, all the officials from the six ministries of the DPRK packed up and rushed to the palace, and several princes were also there.

"Brother Zhan is here." Feng Minglan greeted Ming Zhan, the princes didn't know whether they were worried about the throne or their father, their faces were not very good.

Ming Zhan bowed, "Second Emperor, Third Emperor, and Fourth Emperor. Brother Mingyu happened to go to my house to ask for help. Since this matter is related to Uncle Fu, I invited Brother Mingyu to enter the palace together." It's time to avoid suspicion. Sometimes we still have to avoid suspicion.

Several ministers met with Ming Zhan, and Ming Zhan went to sit with the princes, turned to Feng Minglan and said, "Speaking of which, this matter is more or less related to Beiweihou, I will call Beiweihou together Going into the palace to discuss matters, the Marquis of Beiwei will be here soon."

Seeing that Ming Zhan didn't intend to invite the fifth prince over, Feng Minglan felt relieved, took out a folded white silk from his sleeve and handed it to Ming Zhan, and said in a low voice, "Look."

Ming Zhan took it, and unfolded the plain silk with a shake of his hand. There was a simple sentence on it: I am on a tour, and the date of return is uncertain. All the sons are young and cannot bear the responsibility. Located in Wangdi.Below is a private seal of Feng Jingqianhong.

Kidnapping is kidnapping, and there is also a parade of shit.Ming Zhan curled his lips secretly, but lowered his eyes and didn't say much.

Now is not the time to talk about this.

The Marquis of Beiwei came very quickly, and the family was anxious about the fifth prince's young age, when he received Ming Zhan's warrant to call the Marquis of Beiwei into the palace, it was like a long drought met with dry rain, naturally it was eight hundred Ri hurried to the palace.

Several adults who had returned from a long journey with the letter of succession were also invited out from the side room.

Originally, they were all decent people, but then again, those who are not decent can't follow Yujia's southern tour, but they were unlucky, and encountered a bad luck that would never be seen in a hundred years.

At this time, everyone's face is decayed and their eyes are dull. People who were originally 30 years old look like 50 years old; people who are 50 years old have grown old like 70 years old.Moreover, kneeling does not look like kneeling, and no matter what rules and etiquette are paid, once kneeling is paralyzed on the ground, as if the spine has been pumped.Therefore, Ming Zhan and others are in the top positions, the six ministers are seated left and right, and seven or eight veteran officials are paralyzed on the ground.

This situation really didn't seem to be the case, and Ming Zhan couldn't help but vent his anger a little bit, and said coldly, "Since they all came back alive, let's explain the matter clearly. Bring some stools." The latter sentence is against Huai. Said by the little eunuch of Dedian.

A few old officials were blindsided by others, knowing that it would be no good to come back, the literati were poor in action, and they didn't have the courage to commit suicide, so they lived all the way to the present knowing that they deserved to die.Unexpectedly, he could have a seat in Huaide Palace, so moved that he opened his mouth and howled in mourning.

Ming Zhan sipped a teacup first, and blossomed at the feet of Master Li who was at the front with a bang. At this time, Ming Zhan didn't have much patience, and said coldly, "Come along, follow the emperor, father Wang Nanxun actually lost the emperor and the prince! What shame do you have to howl! You deserve to die, but if the emperor and the prince can’t be found for a day, you can’t die for a day! Who dares to fucking commit suicide, don’t Blame me for being cruel and merciless, invite your family to the underworld for tea and reunion!"

The tea was still hot when it was served, Ming Zhan threw some tea water on the back of his hand, and it was hot red.

Zhang Huaijin, the chief eunuch of the Huaide Palace, brought the ointment and offered it lightly, and brought warm and delicious tea again.

Seeing His Royal Highness swearing, everyone fell silent, Ming Zhan gave Feng Minglan a look and asked.

Feng Minglan and the others all received an authentic aristocratic education, and they also pay attention to polite scolding when cursing others.Besides, in the past, Ming Zhan's appearance as a living bandit was only used on Feng Jingnan. Most people had never seen His Royal Highness, who was always full of style, suddenly change his face and directly ask so-and-so's mother.Therefore, some of them couldn't react for a while.

However, Ming Zhan really spoke out what Feng Minglan was thinking.

Feng Minglan asked with a cold face, "How are Father and Uncle Wang doing now?" In fact, what he is most concerned about is, where the hell did you get such a handbook to pass on the throne?It's just that the royal family always pretends to be B. I don't know if my father is dead or alive, so I have to take care of my father first.

What these ministers said was similar to what was said in the memorial, that is, the two brothers were sleeping with a beautiful woman in their arms. On the second day, they saw that the emperor was gone, and the prince was also missing... Then, everyone dug three feet of ground in Yangzhou City. I searched all the way, but I couldn't find even a bird feather.

Now the scope of searching for the emperor and prince has expanded to the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

Feng Mingxiang asked, "Then what happened to the edict to pass on the throne?"

"Since the emperor and the prince disappeared, the ministers have known that the death penalty will be redeemed, and they only hope to find the long live and the prince, so that they can redeem their sins. This letter was tied to the arrow the day before the minister came to the imperial capital. Injected into the plaque of the Governor's Mansion. The ministers and other governors are of great importance, so I have to rush to report to your Highness within [-] miles." As he spoke, he took out a letter tremblingly, "There is another letter, which is for His Royal Highness. "

Feng Minglan deeply hated this group of people for their lack of vision, why didn't they show it earlier, now it's not easy to skip Ming Zhan to see the content first.

The eunuch took it and forwarded it to Ming Zhan. Ming Zhan was generous, turned his head and said to Feng Minglan, "I will tell you the truth, Brother II, I am young and have not experienced anything. I really dare not read this letter. How about Brother Erhuang, take a look for me first, so I can be mentally prepared."

Ming Zhan's attitude of putting Feng Minglan first in everything made Feng Minglan very useful, so he declined once, then took over.Now that the matter is urgent, instead of using the bamboo knife handed over by the eunuch, he directly spread it with his hand and unfolded it.

Feng Minglan glanced at ten lines, his face became more and more angry, and suddenly two blade-like gazes were fixed on Bei Weihou, staying for a moment, Fang coldly withdrew.Without saying much, he passed the letter to Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan received it and took a closer look. The handwriting of this letter is crazy and beautiful. Before Ming Zhan came, he tasted the copy of "Lanting" with Wei Ning. Also very polite.

His Royal Highness Prince Zhennan:

Good day Your Highness.

I heard that His Highness only led more than a thousand soldiers and horses to enter the imperial capital alone, and Hong Fei admired His courage.Although Hong Fei is a grasslander in the mountains, he is also heartbroken by His Royal Highness' courage.Your Highness does not have to worry about the safety of the emperor and the prince, Hongfei and the two are old friends, the prince is rich and expensive, the emperor is in the country, how can Hongfei bear to hurt each other at all?

Hongfei and the emperor and prince have not seen each other for many years, and they have a very happy conversation, and it is hard to part for a while.It is a pity that the emperor misses the country, so he presented it with a letter of succession.

Your Highness and the princes are all filial and righteous people, and they will obey their father's orders in the future.

Signed: Ruan Hongfei laughing pen.

After the princes read the letter, the ministers circulated it one after another, and finally handed it back to Ming Zhan.Everyone's eyes fell on Bei Weihou at the same time, and it was the first time that Ming Zhan saw what it meant to be "bloodless" on Bei Weihou's face.

In fact, it is not only his face that is pale, Bei Weihou's face is pale and livid, and the disbelief in his eyes is like seeing a ghost, and the blue blood vessels like earthworms burst out on his forehead. He raised his mouth and opened his mouth. , wanted to speak, but there were only two horrible "clucks" from his throat, and he fell down.

Boom—there was a muffled bang on the gold bricks on the ground of Huaide Hall.The hearts of all the people in the palace sank.

Ruan Houye fainted halfway, and no one in the room planned to let Ruan Houye go back, and immediately called the imperial physician.

Feng Mingrui thought for a while and said, "Ruan Hongfei? I seem to have heard of this name somewhere. There are two sons in Ruan Hou's family, one is called Ruan Hongyu and the other is called Ruan Hongyan. Ruan Hongfei seems to be related to Ruan Hou." Before the ups and downs of the first emperor, Ruan Hongfei had a lot of taboos about the royal family, and no one mentioned him when he had nothing to do. Therefore, the princes really didn't know Ruan Hongfei very well.

Ouyang Ke, the oldest Minister of the Ministry of Rites, sighed regretfully, "Your Highness, this Ruan Hongfei, I know a little about him. He was the number one scholar of the late emperor, and he was the eldest son of Marquis Ruan. At that time, Ruan Hongfei was only eighteen years old, and he had not yet reached the crown. Participated in the imperial examination, his essays were beautiful, and he won the three yuan. Because he was still young at the time of the Golden Palace, the ministers and others did not recommend him as the number one scholar. The first emperor cherished talents, and the imperial pen personally marked him. He also liked his answer to the Golden Palace. The court edited it and directly rewarded the crown prince with the official title of attendant. In fact, Ruan Hongfei was the emperor's attendant. He had a brilliant pen and often drafted imperial edicts for the late emperor. Unbearable to be humiliated, the first emperor was alarmed. Master Ruan pained Prince Chen Li for committing ten crimes, and committed suicide in front of the late emperor of the Eastern Palace. Ruan Hongfei was unparalleled in his talents and knowledge, and was well-known in both the court and the opposition. This incident greatly shocked the court and the public. Prince Li Although there was a time when he lost his morals before, but the late emperor was soft-hearted and let him be a concubine. Later, such a disaster happened, not only a pity for Ruan Hongfei, but also a shame for the royal family. It is also for this reason that the late emperor made up his mind to abolish the reserve."

Ouyang Ke sighed softly, "At that time, I was still the minister of the Ministry of Rites. I cherished the talent of Ruan Lang, and when I was sad, I met Ruan Lang..."

Ming Zhan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought to himself, old man Ouyang, you are a spy sent by Ruan Hongfei, or his brainless fan, your long live family was kidnapped by him, you are still here, sorry, you are not sick, right? !

Ming Zhan coughed lightly, and Ouyang Ke's face showed pity, and said, "I only know this one Ruan Hongfei. Judging from the handwriting on this letter, it looks like the handwriting of Ruan Hongfei back then. Marquis Cheng En studied with Ruan Hongfei, and decided He is better than the old minister." Call him stupid, but he knows how to make a fool of himself.

Wei Ning didn't babble like old Ouyang, and nodded, "That's right, it's his name."

Just in time, Ruan Hou woke up.

The imperial doctors are not just for nothing, they are quite resourceful when the masters are in a hurry, after three or five injections, Marquis Ruan coughed up a mouthful of thick phlegm, and poured another dose of ginseng soup, and his mental strength returned.

Of course, he wished he could just take a shortcut and defect to his ancestors in the underworld.

At this moment, Feng Minglan wished he could bite off a few pieces of meat from Ruan Hou's body, okay, so the roots are with you.It's a good idea to send your son to hijack the father, and then let the fifth one ascend the throne. Your ready-made emperor's grandfather is a good idea!

Feng Minglan thought about it for a while, and asked Ruan Hou in a cold voice, "Master Ruan, Ruan Hongfei was really dead back then? Why did Master Ouyang say that he was dead? Since he is dead, what's the matter with this letter?"

Marquis Ruan knelt on the ground and wept, "I guarantee with my head's life. At that time, Hongfei was really dead. The old mother of the minister was overly sad because of what happened to Hongfei, so she went with Hongfei back then. In the meantime, I lost my mother and son, I wish I could go with them."

If you want to get ahead in politics, you have to develop a hard heart first.

Rao Ruan Hou Ye wished that his eyes would bleed, and no one was soft-hearted, Feng Mingxiang asked him, "Since he is dead, what is the matter with this letter? At this time, Ruan Hou should stop hiding it, if He really cared about the safety of your Ruan family. He would never send such a letter at this time? Hou Ruan was so stubborn that he insisted that he was dead. However, what happened back then was not a top secret. Find out what other people said, not only Ruan Hou, you don't look good, how did you let the fifth brother gain a foothold among brothers! Could it be that someone told him that his uncle hijacked our father, Ruan Hou's loving father At any rate, I should also think about it for Concubine Ruan in the palace."

Ruan Hou's ashamed lips trembled for a long time, his brain was running at high speed, since this matter involved the Ruan family, it was difficult to think about it.If the emperor and the prince made a mistake, they would have to use it all to appease the royal family's anger. They gritted their teeth and said, "The facts back then were unbearable. Hong Fei had a violent temper and hit a pillar. I, I, and my minister thought he... Later, the guards in the palace sent him back to the minister's mansion, and he was alive again...Because the prince was involved, the palace gave him wine..." Ruan Hou said, two lines of tears rolled down the corners of his eyes, mourning The meaning is beyond words.

Ouyang Ke sighed softly and turned his eyes away.

Wei Ning looked at Marquis Ruan sarcastically, and said coldly, "Master Hou, why did you put the shit bowl on the palace? It wasn't wine from the palace, but the bar from your Ruan family? No matter how pitiful you are to be insulted by this, it is not as important as the lintel of your Ruan family. How can the noble family of the Ruan family allow a humiliated eldest son to inherit the Marquis mansion. In that case, let alone the disgrace of the Marquis family, the entire Ruan family And then his face was dull. Since that's the case, it's better to let him die, and it's not in vain for you father and son, right?"

Marquis Ruan roared angrily, "Wei Zimin, stop spitting blood!"

"I spitting blood?" Wei Ning stared happily into Ruan Hou's eyes, and sneered, "You are so ruthless, you are so ruthless! It's just that people are not as good as heaven, you would never think that when you discuss this matter, there are ears behind the walls Right! It's even more unexpected that the person with ears in the wall will get drunk one day, and then tell the story, and it will fall into the ears of the caring person!"

"Wei Zimin, if there is even half a lie in my mouth, let me be struck by lightning, and the sky hates God!" Ruan Hou is like a raging lion, his old eyes are full of bloodshot eyes, frightening and addicting.

Wei Ning laughed, and said sarcastically, "Yes, you are right, the palace gave wine back then. But why did the palace give wine? At that time, the palace didn't care whether Ruan Hongfei was alive or not. After the discussion, they faithfully revealed the news that Ruan Hongfei was not dead to the late emperor. The late emperor gave him Qianji wine, but unfortunately, the Qianji wine was replaced, and Ruan Hongfei survived by luck."

"Do you know who the person who changed the wine is?" Wei Ning looked at Ruan Hou's distorted face, adjusted his obedient light purple cool gauze official uniform, and said in a warm voice, "It's Queen Fang. She changed it specially. I drank wine, rescued Ruan Hongfei, and watched from the sky how your Ruan family was ruined."

"There are two people I hate the most in my life. One is you, Marquis Ruan, a model hypocrite in the world; the other is the abolition of Queen Fang. But Queen Fang really did a great thing." Wei Ning laughed a few times and asked Ruan Hou, "It's a pity that Ruan Hongfei couldn't see Lord Hou's end today, thanks to his letter, otherwise, today's karma would not be rewarded."

Ruan Hou was furious, pointed at Wei Ning and said, "Wei Zimin, what do you think you are! You are also worthy to question me, don't think I don't know your shameful thoughts about Hongfei!"

"Ruan Hou accused me, but I dare not admit it. Back then, I was young, and I was only seven or eight years old when I was studying with Hong Fei. To put it bluntly, my hair hasn't grown fully yet. There's nothing wrong with it." Wei Wei Ning's elegance is getting more and more embarrassing for Marquis Ruan, Wei Ning smiled slightly, "Master Ouyang also knows that in order to win over the prince who was just established as the son of the prince after the abolition, the Fang family asked me to be named as the companion of the East Palace. The eldest son of the crown prince is studying. Hongfei will give us lectures occasionally, and I am very close to him. When he was ordered by the emperor to repair a batch of ancient scrolls, I followed him. I remember, at that time, I followed Hongfei to Ruan In the Hou's mansion, how kind and amiable Marquis Ruan was at that time, it is definitely not what I describe today."

Ouyang Ke didn't know so much inside information, and he was secretly ashamed of Ruan Hou in his heart. Hearing Wei Ning's words, he nodded and said, "At the beginning, Ruan Hongfei once praised Enhou for his 'quick writing and thoughtfulness', and the late emperor rewarded you for your new book pen and ink. , this old minister has heard people talk about it before."

Ruan Hou had already calmed down after going through shock, pain, violence, and anger. With two lines of tears, he said in a desolate voice, "What can I do? What can I do? Hong Fei is my eldest son, don't I feel distressed? My heart is like being cut by a knife, who knows? Colleagues, let me ask you, if you were me, what would you do? If you don’t say it, it’s for disloyalty; if you say it, you’re watching the child die.”

"Back then, because of the record of Prince Li in the history books, the first emperor killed four historians in a fit of anger. I want to hide it, but how can I hide it? More than a thousand members of the Ruan family died. The elders of the clan, I How do you hide it? Are you just disregarding the lives of more than a thousand people and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Marquis Ruan's voice was hoarse, and he closed his eyes and wept.

In fact, Ruan Hongfei's matter is similar to that of a great lady whose innocence was polluted by a disciple. That disciple is certainly hateful and damned, but in this day and age, the lady who has lost her innocence is also required to die to thank her for her innocence and to preserve her name. With the reputation of the whole family.

Ruan Hongfei was so hot back then, he would rather die for this kind of insult!But after all, he is not an ordinary weak woman-like person. He hated the prince and poisoned him, even if he died, he would drag the prince to his back.He already has the will to die, so naturally he doesn't care about his reputation, and in anger, he strangled the prince's neck and wanted to die together.People think it's too late, the prince will die in the hands of Ruan Dalang if he doesn't do it well, this matter can't be kept secret, so they have to ask the late emperor for a decision.

In this way, this incident alarmed the first emperor.

The first emperor was just such a direct son, even if the first emperor wished he could strangle him to death with his own hands, strangling him himself and strangling him were two different things.

What a court chaos.

Although the royal family is high above, the father is the father, and the father serves the king like a father.

But in reality, the royal family and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.Although you are the emperor, you can't help but treat your courtiers as human beings.Ruan Hongfei's eloquence, pitiful circumstances, and the prince's repeated failures of morality, anger and grievances, the pressure of the court officials, and his disappointment with the prince himself made the late emperor have to abandon the prince.

In fact, Ruan Hongfei didn't hurt the crown prince at that time, his blood stained the Jinxiu Palace, and he bumped his head against the pillar of the East Palace.Everyone thought that he was dead, and this matter was entirely at the fault of the royal family. Although the late emperor hated Ruan Hongfei deeply, he didn't want to show Ruan Hongfei's body publicly, so he ordered people to return the body to the Ruan family.

Although Ruan Hongfei was a naked victim, the relationship between the late emperor and the crown prince was broken because of this. It was impossible for the late emperor not to vent his anger, so after learning the news that Ruan Hongfei survived by luck, he immediately gave him wine.

The official historical records of the imperial court record this matter very simply: in the autumn of the 20th year of Renzong, the prince was violent and insulted Ruan, a bachelor who served as a servant.

This sentence is the result of the late emperor beheading four historians in a row. Literati hate and insult people who have no literati the most. Ruan Hongfei is brilliant and unparalleled in the world. The house scrolls were presented to each other, and Ruan Hongfei once sent a message: "God bestows Wenchang."

Ruan Hongfei enjoyed a high reputation in the literary world at a young age, and the crown prince insulted him to death, which is like a chrysanthemum for the scholars all over the world.

Historians are also literati, and they criticized the atrocities committed by the crown prince.The first emperor was extremely disappointed with the crown prince, but he still didn't want the crown prince to leave such a bad reputation, so he asked the historian to delete the complicated and simple records, and treat them as if they were light.

Historians would rather die than maintain the fairness of historical materials. In fact, the necks of historians are not as hard as the late emperor's knife.

Although the historical records are extremely simple, today's people can't understand the agitation of the scholars back then. However, the late emperor also left a comment of "faint in his later years" because of the killing of the historian.

The literati's pen is always the most vicious and sharp.